A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 120
At length the husband came back , and a figure at the door welcomed him with a
face pale , but delighted . “ Who are you ? ” cried the husband ; for he did not
know Kobold , he had grown so thin . “ I am the keeper of our fair friend , ” said
the ...
At length the husband came back , and a figure at the door welcomed him with a
face pale , but delighted . “ Who are you ? ” cried the husband ; for he did not
know Kobold , he had grown so thin . “ I am the keeper of our fair friend , ” said
the ...
Page 180
Fair hands were on him — fair , and very fast ; For all the gentle souls that
haunted there Were wrapt in love's sweet gathering tow'rds the boy ; And so he
dropp'd within the darksome well , Dropp'd like a star , that , on a summer eve ,
Slides in ...
Fair hands were on him — fair , and very fast ; For all the gentle souls that
haunted there Were wrapt in love's sweet gathering tow'rds the boy ; And so he
dropp'd within the darksome well , Dropp'd like a star , that , on a summer eve ,
Slides in ...
Page 205
Who would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea ,
In a golden curl , With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? I would be a mermaid fair ; I
would sing to myself the whole of the day : With a comb of pearl I would comb ...
Who would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea ,
In a golden curl , With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? I would be a mermaid fair ; I
would sing to myself the whole of the day : With a comb of pearl I would comb ...
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Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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